In chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby‚ the author’s use of his highly skilled diction helps him develop the characters of Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Also the author of this novel‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ makes great use of the way that he phrases his words to develop the character of Tom and Myrtle. Fitzgerald implements various writing techniques in order to accomplish such a refine development of those two characters. In addition‚ one of the techniques implemented in Fitzgerald’s development
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hearts even if that love was not meant to be. Various events in the play are compared to the moon‚ which is constantly being personified as a woman. In the beginning of the play‚ Hippolyta and Theseus are discussing how they are to get married in four days. Theseus complains about how slowly the moon wanes. He compares the moon to a stepmother and a widow who keeps her stepson waiting for his inheritance because it
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with a sense of cold reality‚ where the strongest must fight and thrive to keep a place in the world. Jack London uses simile and metaphor to describe the cold reality that the world is a harsh place to live in. London conveys how he feels about
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How effective is act one as the opening to the play? The opening of the play is enigmatic and tense‚ almost gothic as it is set at night time‚ just before the ‘dead hour’. This is during the changing of the guard at Elsinore castle. This image is strengthened through the connotations of descriptions such as ‘tis bitter cold’; ‘not a mouse stirring’ creating an eerie and silent atmosphere. One guard‚ Francisco‚ questions the arrival of new characters with a feeling of paranoia and anxiety: ’stand
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How does Arthur Miller use Alfieri as a Dramatic device to make the Play more enjoyable? A View from the Bridge is a play set in the 1940’s by Arthur miller‚ it is a play written in the style of a Greek tragedy. Arthur Miller sets the scene in Red Hook in New York‚ Red Hook is a slum area inhibited mainly by Italian immigrants. The play revolves around the Carbone family who are also Italian Immigrants called Eddie and Beatrice; a married couple with their niece Catherine. The family smuggle
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How does Angela Carter’s use and manipulate the Gothic form. Why? Explain? Angela Carter manipulates and uses the Gothic form in ‘The Bloody Chamber’ to demean stereotypes in patriarchal society. The narrator’s subconscious desires are revealed through descriptions laced with sexual connotations‚ ‘caressingly thrusting.’ Carter highlights the young girl’s sexual anticipation‚ portraying women in a more sexualised way than that typical of a fairy story. The narrator innocence is also questioned
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of his use of this device is here and locate a second use of this technique within the speech‚ also explaining function. Malcolm X uses anaphora because the use of anaphora makes his point more strong and makes the listener realize the reason why he brings it up many times. He uses anaphora throughout his text by using text that implies this device from including the public by word choice and saying that they are the ones that can change the way that blacks are viewed in the economy. He uses when he
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How does the author use humour in Out Island Doctor? In the autobiography‚ Out-Island Doctor‚ Evans W. Cottman has a dream of exploring the Bahamas. He contacts a commissioner in the Bahamas and soon makes plans to visit. Cottman arrives in the Bahamas and endures a very difficult sail to Mangrove Cay where he meets a man who influences him throughout the autobiography‚ Percy Cavill. Cottman then has to adapt to a more primitive lifestyle compared to Indiana. After his visits to the Bahamas‚ he
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novel that uses animal stereotypes to make the hierarchy of the farm more realistic. The novel is an allegory of the Russian Revolution; George Orwell makes the story to show what was happening when the Russian Revolution took place. Orwell uses the commandments to show how irony is shown throughout the novel. Parody is used throughout the novel to show how the pigs make the commandments but by the end of the novel the pigs start to disobey and act like the new “Mr Jones”. The novel shows how propaganda
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Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath follows the Joad family‚ mainly Tom Joad‚ as they live through the Dust bowl. With corporate monsters and the struggle of living through this perilous time‚ the family does their best to survive. There are 4 main types of analytical lenses that can be used to look at Steinbeck’s work‚ including the archetypal‚ gender‚ marxist‚ and historical lenses. Archetypal deals with character types and their narrative design. Gender deals with the roles and stereotypes applied
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